Foundation on which plaster may be laid.



O. REOHNITZ. FOUNDATION 0N WHICH PLASTER MAY BE LAID.

APPLICATION IILED IBILQO, 1911 Patented Aug. 18, 1914.

In yen for fl/farn eys THE NORRIS PETERS C014 PHOTO LlTHD-. WASHINGION. D. C,

OTTO RECHNITZ, OF COTTBUS, GERMANY.

FOUNDATION ON WHICH PLAS'IER MAY BE LAID.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 18, 1914..

Application filed February 20, 1911. Serial No. 609,621.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, OTTO RECHNITZ, merchant, a subject of the German Emperor, residing at l Kaiserstrasse, Cottbus, Germany, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Foundations on "Which Plaster May be Laid, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to lathing on which plaster may be laid, and a primary object is to provide an improved process of manufacturing foldable lathing of the character referred to comprising ready-made bodies of clay or other suitable building material secured in the meshes of Woven Wire or wire netting.

The following are some advantages of my process: Firstly, the wire fabric or netting does not have to be exposed, as heretofore, together with the unburnt bodies to the heat of the fire, secondly, water is not requisite, as in fabrics covered with mortar, for making the lathing and, thirdly, on the one hand the wire netting and, on the other hand, the bodies which can be made in Works for making artificial stone or in brick-works, can be made separately in the suitable works and therefore both better and cheaper.

My process may be carried into practice in various ways. For example, the bodies of clay, mortar or other suitable material, l1ereinafter referred to generally as bodies,Inay be secured in position at the same time as the Wire netting is being made by their being woven into the wire nettin This can be done by insertin a body into an open mesh shortly before the latter is closed and by securing the body in position by closing the mesh. The wire netting may, however, be made quite independently of the insertion of the bodies. In this event the individual bodies may be inserted into the meshes and secured therein by exerting a pull on said netting and bringing the same under tension so as to elongate the meshes thereof in one direction and contract said meshes in a direction transverse to said first named direction and consequently cause the netting to grip and hold said bodies securely in place. This latter operation instead of being performed after the netting has been completed can, however, take place during the manu facture thereof in such manner that after making one or more meshes and after insorting bodies into the same, the latter are secured in position by changing the shape of the meshes. This change in the shape of the meshes is preferably brought about by taking advantage of the tension exerted in the direction in which said meshes are being made. Lastly, the wire netting may be completely finished and the individual bodies then be pushed by force into its meshes, for example, in such manner that, when forcin them in, the wires of the meshes yield and by springing back into suitable recesses provided in the bodies, securely hold the latter.

In the accompanying drawings Fi ure 1 represents an edge view of one of the odies referred to hereinbefore and Fig. 2 is a face view of a section of the completed lathing.

In said drawings a designates bodies made for instance of clay, mortar or other suitable material and 1) represents the wire netting. with which said bodies are combined to form the completed lathing.

I claim 1. The herein described process of producing flexible lathing for plaster which consists in taking bodies of clay, cement or the like, shaping same and forming a circumferential recess therein, bringing said bodies to a finished, rigid condition, constructing a wire netting with meshes adapted to readily receive said bodies, inserting said finished and rigid bodies into some of the meshes of said netting, and changing the shape of said meshes by exerting a tension on said netting. and thereby causing the meshes thereof to become contracted in one direction and the netting to enter said grooves and grip said bodies.

2. The herein described process of producing flexible lathing for plaster which consists in taking bodies of clay, cement or the like, shaping same and forming a circumferential groove therein, bringing said bodies to a completely finished condition, constructing a wire netting, inserting said completely finished bodies into the meshes thereof and subsequently changing the shape of said meshes so that the wires forming the nettin will enter the grooves of said bodies and grip the latter.

3. The herein described process of producing flexible lathing for plaster which consists in taking bodies of clay, cement or the enter the grooves of said bodies and grip 10 hke, shaplng same and forming a elrcumferthe latter.

ential groove therein, bringing said bodies In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my itzo a, completely'finisllied ponditioyn, conlstruci signature in presence of two Witnesses.

mg a Wire netting iavlng Ines es ac aptec T 1 to be closed, inserting therein the said com- OTTO REGHI 112: pletely finished bodies before said meshes are Witnesses: closed and thereafter closing said meshes VVOLDEMAR HAUPT, whereby the Wires forming the netting Will' HENRY HASPER.

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